I Totally Agree!! - Blog Posts
i think when talking about bucchigiri, i dont want to shy away from using the word "love" over "friendship". like friendship is undoubtedly an important type of love, but the more open and encompassing nature of the word "love" itself feels more appropriate for what's going on
the best way to read fanfic will always be on your phone late at night, laying in your bed with all the lights off, the brightness either all the way down or all the way up and auto rotate off
Js how can kids turn out perfectly functional when they were born to fight. Reggie is a psycho that ruined all of the academy’s relationships with the outside world. Just because Luther was his favorite doesn’t mean that he was treated how a normal child should be treated. In the comics Luther is obviously depressed and unhappy with himself. Which is no reason to treat other people like shit but to be fair he didn’t kill a bunch of people either. Luther is just a dumdum who is trying to do the right thing but ends up doing the wrong thing. Come on Netflix, we want Luther redemption. Everyone likes to like a character.
not to be controversial but luther was also a victim of hargreeves abuse even if you dont like his character
As a teacher, I no longer use the word, “smart.” I refuse to call any of my students this word, and I am intentional about not using it in my class. What even is, “smart”? Is smart getting the answer correctly? Being able to perform a specific skill? What is it? Because when we tell kids that they are smart, in reality, it does nothing for them. It does not provide any feedback for them. And the worst part is that this word has become a way for people to classify children into 2 categories: smart, and not. When children assess themselves they have difficulty defining their strengths and weaknesses. Instead, it has become a question of whether they consider themselves as smart, or not. And herein lies the problem. I too, can relate to these kids. I always struggled in math, and considered myself, “not smart” in this subject. I could never take a different perspective and evaluate what areas of math were a struggle, and which parts I understood. Was it the calculation part? Was it memorizing math facts? No, after years as a student in the classroom I looked at my peers and compared myself to them because they were “smart” in math and I was not. Leading me to believe I was somehow less intelligent than my peers when in reality, I just learned differently. I required different help. Teachers, parents and students tossed the word smart around as if it was a label which you had to earn. My point in all of this, and even taking the time to write a tumblr post about it, is that the way we perceive ourselves has everything to do with the way the institutions we grew up in engraved it into our brains. You are not smart, and you are not NOT smart. You are full of strengths and weaknesses, and it is much more important to figure those out than label yourself as anything. Instead of telling a child they are smart, point out what they did correctly and why it was correct. Instead, tell them how the skills they display affect the outcome of a situation. Unsurprisingly, I get quite a few messages from college-aged kids who feel like they’re not smart. Or from people who feel like they won’t make it in college because of how they perform in their academics. I had these very same thoughts as I went into college, and as I was in it. The system of education has failed you/me, and for that, I am sorry. The classroom environment should be teaching you how to identify and reflect on your weaknesses, and how to identify and maximize the potential of your strengths. You’re more than a label, please know this and reflect. Knowing all of this now, I hope and pray that you will change your whole perspective on yourself.
Thank you for reading my extremely long post which is somewhat of me venting, while also trying to encourage you. I hope it is taken to heart.
- Lindsay
slight daredevil born again spoilers below:
okay i literally was so excited for this episode after how insane episode eight was but tbh… it was kinda mid? obviously it was absolutely insane and violent for disney and i LOVED THAT… but hitting the mid credit scene and realizing that it was all building up to basically nothing more (for season one) was slightly disappointing, especially considering that we have to wait a year or more until season 2… it was just a build up to the next season and didn’t really do much in the end for this one. last ten to fifteen minutes of the episode i was waiting for something to happen and nothing did. still a decent show, 7.5/10 for me, but honestly i wanted like a little bit more substance to the finale 😗
STOP SHOWING ME VIDEOS LIKE THIS OR I'LL GO ON ANOTHER RANT ABOUT WHY LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY CLASSIFICATIONS ARE ANGLOCENTRIC AND FRANKLY OFTEN RACIST BULLSHIT